Did God Commission Solomon to Build the Temple?

[JohnD]

Isaiah 66:1–2 (AV)

1 Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?

2 For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.

[thereselittleflower]

Isaiah 66:1–2 (AV)

1 Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?

2 For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.

 

Well when one chooses to proof text the bible one can make it say anything they want it to say.

 

Yes God did commission Solomon to build the temple.   It is plainly stated in scripture.

Solomon Anointed to Build the Temple

1 Chronicles 22
…7David said to Solomon, "My son, I had intended to build a house to the name of the LORD my God. 8"But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 'You have shed much blood and have waged great wars; you shall not build a house to My name, because you have shed so much blood on the earth before Me. 9'Behold, a son will be born to you, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side; for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quiet to Israel in his days. 10'He shall build a house for My name, and he shall be My son and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.' 11"Now, my son, the LORD be with you that you may be successful, and build the house of the LORD your God just as He has spoken concerning you

 

 

Solomon Praises the Lord

1 Kings 8
…18"But the LORD said to my father David, 'Because it was in your heart to build a house for My name, you did well that it was in your heart. 19'Nevertheless you shall not build the house, but your son who will be born to you, he will build the house for My name.' 20"Now the LORD has fulfilled His word which He spoke; for I have risen in place of my father David and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel

Edited October 6, 2015 by thereselittleflower

[Your closest friendnt]

Isaiah 66:1–2 (AV)

1 Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?

2 For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.

This is all good, and the Lord said I believe to those who were upright in the things of the Law, abiding in all the holidays and all the rest, 

he told them in addition to that , I am asking you not to be proud and arrogant, and selfish. 

If the disobey the things of the Law they were CUT OFF been with a contrite spirit and all the rest would not help, still sinner for not keeping the SABBATH  ( just an exable), hope that's a helpfully opinion.

if you are suggesting that ne day will buit a temple that is us. That I accept. But he ask Solomon to built that first Temple, the paranoid one, who thought he may be the Christ by marrying all those women from around the world, and making peace that way. That's my secret opinion. Thats is not a secret any more. 

I don't follow Solomon, I Follow Christ. 

[JohnD]

Isaiah 66:1–2 (AV)

1 Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?

2 For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.

 

Well when one chooses to proof text the bible one can make it say anything they want it to say.

 

Yes God did commission Solomon to build the temple.   It is plainly stated in scripture.

Solomon Anointed to Build the Temple

1 Chronicles 22
…7David said to Solomon, "My son, I had intended to build a house to the name of the LORD my God. 8"But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 'You have shed much blood and have waged great wars; you shall not build a house to My name, because you have shed so much blood on the earth before Me. 9'Behold, a son will be born to you, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side; for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quiet to Israel in his days. 10'He shall build a house for My name, and he shall be My son and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.' 11"Now, my son, the LORD be with you that you may be successful, and build the house of the LORD your God just as He has spoken concerning you

 

 

Solomon Praises the Lord

1 Kings 8
…18"But the LORD said to my father David, 'Because it was in your heart to build a house for My name, you did well that it was in your heart. 19'Nevertheless you shall not build the house, but your son who will be born to you, he will build the house for My name.' 20"Now the LORD has fulfilled His word which He spoke; for I have risen in place of my father David and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel

1 Chronicles 22 is the biblical record of David's interpretation of 2 Samuel 7:1-13. And subsequently 1 Kings 8 is the biblical record of Solomon's pass down from his father's interpretation of 2 Samuel 7:12-13.

Setting aside 2 Samuel 7:1-11 for now since David did not build the Temple and that is not what the thread is actually about, but rather Solomon building the Temple...

Let's compare scripture with scripture (which is more than proof texting, as you call it). Neither of which Roman Catholicism (and Protestant Denominations that have adopted Roman Catholic dependency upon the traditions of men) rely upon or use very often. But God prescribes* this practice anyway...

* I will be glad to debate this in another thread. Just not here. This is too important a topic to derail it.

2 Samuel 7:12–13 (AV)

12 And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.

13 He shall build an house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever.

Zechariah 6:12–13 (AV)

12 And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD:

13 Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.

[thereselittleflower]

Isaiah 66:1–2 (AV)

1 Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?

2 For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.

 

Well when one chooses to proof text the bible one can make it say anything they want it to say.

 

Yes God did commission Solomon to build the temple.   It is plainly stated in scripture.

Solomon Anointed to Build the Temple

1 Chronicles 22
…7David said to Solomon, "My son, I had intended to build a house to the name of the LORD my God. 8"But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 'You have shed much blood and have waged great wars; you shall not build a house to My name, because you have shed so much blood on the earth before Me. 9'Behold, a son will be born to you, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side; for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quiet to Israel in his days. 10'He shall build a house for My name, and he shall be My son and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.' 11"Now, my son, the LORD be with you that you may be successful, and build the house of the LORD your God just as He has spoken concerning you

 

 

Solomon Praises the Lord

1 Kings 8
…18"But the LORD said to my father David, 'Because it was in your heart to build a house for My name, you did well that it was in your heart. 19'Nevertheless you shall not build the house, but your son who will be born to you, he will build the house for My name.' 20"Now the LORD has fulfilled His word which He spoke; for I have risen in place of my father David and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel

1 Chronicles 22 is the biblical record of David's interpretation of 2 Samuel 7:1-13. And subsequently 1 Kings 8 is the biblical record of Solomon's pass down from his father's interpretation of 2 Samuel 7:12-13.

Setting aside 2 Samuel 7:1-11 for now since David did not build the Temple and that is not what the thread is actually about, but rather Solomon building the Temple...

Let's compare scripture with scripture (which is more than proof texting, as you call it). Neither of which Roman Catholicism (and Protestant Denominations that have adopted Roman Catholic dependency upon the traditions of men) rely upon or use very often. But God prescribes* this practice anyway...

* I will be glad to debate this in another thread. Just not here. This is too important a topic to derail it.

2 Samuel 7:12–13 (AV)

12 And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.

13 He shall build an house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever.

Zechariah 6:12–13 (AV)

12 And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD:

13 Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.

 

 

The Word of the Lord to Solomon

1 Kings 6

11Now the word of the LORD came to Solomon saying, 12“Concerning this house which you are building, if you will walk in My statutes and execute My ordinances and keep all My commandments by walking in them, then I will carry out My word with you which I spoke to David your father. 13“I will dwell among the sons of Israel, and will not forsake My people Israel.”

 

Glory of the Lord fills the Temple - The House of the Lord

1 Kings 8  

    1Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the fathers’ households of the sons of Israel, to King Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the city of David, which is Zion. 2All the men of Israel assembled themselves to King Solomon at the feast, in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month. 3Then all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark. 4They brought up the ark of the LORD and the tent of meeting and all the holy utensils, which were in the tent, and the priests and the Levites brought them up. 5And King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, who were assembled to him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing so many sheep and oxen they could not be counted or numbered. 6Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the house, to the most holy place, under the wings of the cherubim. 7For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim made a covering over the ark and its poles from above. 8But the poles were so long that the ends of the poles could be seen from the holy place before the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen outside; they are there to this day. 9There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets of stone which Moses put there at Horeb, where the LORD made a covenant with the sons of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt. 10It happened that when the priests came from the holy place, the cloud filled the house of the LORD, 11so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD.

 

 

It appears God put His mark of approval on Solomon's Temple.

 

 

 

 

 

[JohnD]

The LORD conceded to the construction of the Temple (as he had conceded the monarchy in 1 Samuel 8) and to deal with Israel on that basis henceforth.

That is not the question.

The question is, Did God Commission (Command) Solomon to Build the Temple?

[thereselittleflower]

The LORD conceded to the construction of the Temple (as he had conceded the monarchy in 1 Samuel 8) and to deal with Israel on that basis henceforth.

That is not the question.

The question is, Did God Commission (Command) Solomon to Build the Temple?

There is nothing in scripture that says God conceded to the construction of the Temple.

 

 

[JohnD]

Since God did not commission or command Solomon to build the Temple (2 Samuel 7:12-13 / Zechariah 6:12-13, Isaiah 66:1-2) but God placed his name on the Temple Solomon built anyway... it is a concession nevertheless.

[mevosper]

JohnD - What is the significance of the question: "Did God commission Solomon to build the temple?"?

[thereselittleflower]

Since God did not commission or command Solomon to build the Temple (2 Samuel 7:12-13 / Zechariah 6:12-13, Isaiah 66:1-2) but God placed his name on the Temple Solomon built anyway... it is a concession nevertheless.

David's and Solomon's words contradict you, and they are words of scripture.

I think I will take their words in scripture over yours contradicting them any day my friend.